Mausoleum-venting apparatus.



F. A. HOLMES.

MAUSOLEUM VBNTING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: 15, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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FRANK A. HOLMES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MAUSO- LEUM COMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS7 A CORPORATION.

MAUSOLEUM-VENTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

serial no. 703,304.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK A. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, ,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State et Illinois, have invented new and iisef'ul Improvements in Mausoleum-Venting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved means for venting crypts of a mausoleum or burial structure, and more particularly to efficiently and thoroughly deodorize and render harmless such gases, vapors and the like as may develop in a crypt during its use.

The details of my invention will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereinW Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, somewhat diagrammatical, illustrating a group ot crypts in a mausoleum structure, Fig. is a sectional elevation of one form of deodorizing vessel, and Fig. 3 illustrates the pipe fittings to which the deodorizing ves sels may be coupled for use.

The mausoleum construction illustrated in Fig. 1 is of concrete, preferably monolithic in character, and comprising the plurality of crypts 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., each adapted for separate use as a burial crypt. These crypts may be arranged one above another in tiers, as illustrated in the drawing, and each pair of tiers may be provided with a veut pipe or conduit 5 embedded in the concrete wall and leading upward to a main outlet pipe (i, leading off for ultimate delivery to the open air, all the conveyed gases.

Each vent pipe is provided with suitable fittings 7, as, for instance, of the shape shown in Fig. 3, and each fitting is provided with a pair of nipples or short pipes 8 and 9, one of which extends into each of the adjacent crypts. Before any crypt is put into use, the nipple communicating therewith may be capped over with a closure 10 screwthreaded to the nipple. This insures complete protection against the delivery to an empty crypt of gases or vapors developed in an adjacent crypt and delivered to the vent pipe 5 on their way to the outer air.

When a crypt receives its casket, the cap 10 can be taken oftl and the suitable deodorizing and disinfecting apparatus can be coupled up Ito the nipple, as by means of an ordinary screw coupling 11, as shown in Fig. 3. The deodorizing and disinfecting ap paratus is preferably of the construction shown in Fig. 2 and comprises a glass vessel l2 partially filled with formaldehyde solution, or other suitable liquid, and having a cover 13 rendered gas tight by a gasket, or in other suitable way and carrying an inlet pipe 15, preferably of glass, and dipping well into the formaldehyde solution. The apparatus is provided with a glass cup 16 seated on the top of cover 13 and having a dmvuwardly extending tube 17 to serve as an exit port for gases after they have bubbled through the formaldehyde solution. A glass ball 18 carried in this cap serves as a valve for closing the upper end of the outlet tube 17, and thereby acts as a check valve to prevent the exchange oil gases from one crypt to another, as, for instance. 'from crypt 1 to crypt 2 of Fig. 1.

The upper portion of the glass cup 16 may be filled with absorbent material 19, such as cotton, carried on a wire gauze or other support 20. The top of the glass cup is suitably sealed and provided with a metal pipe 21 leading through suitable fittings to the coupling 11. whereby connection is established with the projecting nipple of the vent pipe.

lVith the apparatus constructed and arranged as above described, some of the crypts may be empty for many years without danger of leakage thereto of gases generated in the other erypts. Vhen any crypt is put into use, it is provided with its own deodorizing and disinfecting apparatus, freshly charged and in position to receive any gases or vapors developed in the crypt and seeking exit through the piping system of the mausoleum. The gases bubble through the formaldehyde solution, or other fluid, past the cheek valve, and through the absorbing material, and go out purified and harmless, and pass through pipes 5 and 6 for ultimate delivery to the open air. The cheek valves of crypts which have been in use for some time serve to prevent entrance thereinto of gases developed in some other crypt, and in any event the gases delivered to any vent pipe must first have passed through the disinfecting fluid of some one of the cleansing apparatus. The glass valves 18 together with their glass valve seats are not subject to corrosion` and may be relied on for trustworthy operation eren through they may have been in place for many years.v

I claim:

l. In a purifying apparatus for mausoleum construction, comprising a glass vessel, a cover for said vessel, of an inlet pipe extending through the cover into the Vessel, an exhaust pipe carried by the cover and extending therethrough, a cup-shaped portion formed with said exhaust pipe, a perforated partition mounted Within the cup-shaped portion, absorbent material supported upon said partition, a check valve Within the exlia-ust pipe below the perforated partition, a cover for said cup-shaped portion, and a pipe leading from. said cover, for the purpose specified.

2. A. purifying apparatus for mausoleum construction comprising a Vessel, an inlet pipe leading through the upper end of the vessel and terminating Within the same adjacent its lower end, an exhaust pipe leading from the upper end of the Vessel, the medial portion of the exhaust pipe being of greater diameter than the ends thereof, an annular liange formed integral with the exliaust pipe adjacent its medial portion and adapted to rest upon the upper e-nd of the Vessel, a wire gauze dividing the enlarged portion of the exhaust pipe into sections, absorbent material positioned Within one compartment of the enlarged portion formed by the Wire gauze, a Weight valve Within the lother compartment of the enlarged portion of the exhaust pipe and a piping leading from the upper end of the said enlarged portion for the purpose specified.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK A. HOLMES.

litnesses T. L. MAYTAG, L. L. II. AUSTIN.

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